build_skb() is used to make skbs out of existing RX ring memory which is bad because the RX ring is allocated only once, on probe. Memory corruption occur because said memory is reclaimed, i.e. __kfree_skb() (and eventually put_page()).
Replace build_skb() with netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align() and use memcpy(). Also, synchronize DMA memory before passing skb to napi_gro_receive(). Addresses https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69041 Signed-off-by: Jonas Jensen <jonas.jen...@gmail.com> --- Notes: The original motivation was to avoid memcpy(), since the memory is already allocated, why make a copy. Maybe the copy can be avoided updating RX ring descriptor addresses; new memory must be allocated just the same, the only difference that the controller could write directly to it. This fixes errors due to memory corruption, such as the following, seen on wget download (or ncftp): "read error: Bad address" On receiving error, wget exits without resuming (busybox default). Changes since v3: 1. commit message reworded Applies to next-20140818 drivers/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c index aa45607..17c9f0e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/moxa/moxart_ether.c @@ -226,14 +226,21 @@ static int moxart_rx_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget) if (len > RX_BUF_SIZE) len = RX_BUF_SIZE; - skb = build_skb(priv->rx_buf[rx_head], priv->rx_buf_size); + dma_sync_single_for_cpu(&ndev->dev, + priv->rx_mapping[rx_head], + priv->rx_buf_size, DMA_FROM_DEVICE); + skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(ndev, len); if (unlikely(!skb)) { - net_dbg_ratelimited("build_skb failed\n"); + net_dbg_ratelimited("netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align failed\n"); priv->stats.rx_dropped++; priv->stats.rx_errors++; } - + memcpy(skb->data, priv->rx_buf[rx_head], len); skb_put(skb, len); + dma_sync_single_for_device(&ndev->dev, + priv->rx_mapping[rx_head], + priv->rx_buf_size, DMA_FROM_DEVICE); + skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, ndev); napi_gro_receive(&priv->napi, skb); rx++; -- 1.8.2.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
